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Live at the GRAMMY Museum (2017)

Where the lyrics of Live at the GRAMMY Museum take you, and where it was really made.

Avenged Sevenfold's first acoustic live album was sold only as a digital release, and part of its proceeds went to the education work of the GRAMMY Museum.

Key places

Grammy Museum, Clive Davis Theater (2017)

Recording site Grammy Museum — The album was recorded at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles. The unplugged set took place at the Clive Davis Theater in the museum. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Live at the GRAMMY Museum: first live acoustic album by Avenged Sevenfold
• Released 8 December 2017 on Capitol, digital-only
• Part of the proceeds benefits GRAMMY Museum education initiatives
• Set includes songs from multiple albums, plus a cover of The Rolling Stones' "As Tears Go By"

Background

• Band received a Grammy nomination for the previous year's release The Stage
• Fall 2017: announced an intimate conversation about their career and new music, followed by an unplugged set
• Event held at the Grammy Museum at the Clive Davis Theater, Los Angeles, on 19 October 2017

Recording

• Track listing: 11 tracks, each song preceded by an introduction
• "As Tears Go By" 3:16, "Hail to the King" 5:52, "Roman Sky" 5:41, "Exist" 5:11, "So Far Away" 6:29
• Lineup: M. Shadows (lead vocals), Zacky Vengeance (rhythm acoustic guitar, backing vocals), Synyster Gates (lead acoustic guitar, backing vocals), Johnny Christ (acoustic bass), Brooks Wackerman (drums)
• Synyster Gates sings co-lead vocals on "As Tears Go By"
• Papa Gates plays additional guitars and sitar on "As Tears Go By"

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Formed in 1999 in Huntington Beach, California, by Matt Sanders, James Sullivan, Zachary Baker and Matt Wendt.
• Name taken from the phrase 'avenged sevenfold' in Genesis 4:24, referencing the story of Cain and Abel.
• Debut album Sounding the Seventh Trumpet was released in July 2001 on Good Life Recordings.

Members

• Current lineup: vocalist M. Shadows, guitarists Zacky Vengeance and Synyster Gates, bassist Johnny Christ, drummer Brooks Wackerman.
• Drummer James 'The Rev' Sullivan died in December 2009; Arin Ilejay later joined and left before Brooks Wackerman became drummer in 2015.

Career

• Shifted from metalcore on early albums toward hard rock, heavy metal and progressive metal.
• City of Evil (2005) was the major label debut and broke them internationally; the self-titled album followed in 2007.
• Nightmare (2010) debuted at number one on the Billboard 200; Hail to the King (2013) also reached number one.
• The Stage (2016) was a conceptual progressive metal album; Life Is But a Dream... (2023) is their eighth studio album.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Released 8 December 2017 on Capitol as a digital-only release
• Band called it a special acoustic album, tied to its Grammy nomination
• Part of the proceeds benefits the education initiatives of the GRAMMY Museum, which aim to inspire youth toward the lasting qualities and cultural significance of music
• The performance was an unplugged set preceded by a conversation about the band's career and new music
• Release format: digital only, with no physical edition named in the source

Records

• No chart positions, sales figures, certifications, or awards for this album are recorded in the source
• Grammy nomination cited in the release context belongs to the previous year's release The Stage

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The set included a cover of The Rolling Stones' "As Tears Go By", with Synyster Gates on co-lead vocals and Papa Gates playing sitar.
• The band tied the release to its Grammy nomination for The Stage.
• Each song on the album is preceded by a spoken introduction, such as the one before "Hail to the King".
• The album is digital-only, and part of its proceeds goes to the GRAMMY Museum's education initiatives.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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